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From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1300
Topics covered in this issue include: 1) science fiction bibliog for gr. 3-6 by "Austin, Renee" <RAUSTIN@co.napa.ca.us> 2) Looking for a Teen Author. by "Stacie Barron" <sbarron@pelican.state.lib.la.us> 3) Re: Subject : sf and fantasy by N Korsavidis <nkorsavidis@yahoo.com> 4) SAM _ What is it? by "Brenda Evans" <evans@madison-jeffco.lib.in.us> 5) Books for teen book discussion group by Heather Ujhazy <heatherlynnu@yahoo.com> 6) software recomendations? by Jaclyn Malach <jaclynmalach@yahoo.com> 7) Mock Caldecott results by "Susan Dailey" <obldailey@wellscolibrary.org> 8) Dragons and programming by "Sheilah O'Connor" <soconnor@tpl.toronto.on.ca> 9) Re: Generating interest in rural communities by "Heather Stout" <hstout.lew@valnet.org> 10) PUBYAC: A Freudian interpretation of the Cat in the Hat... by "Wanda Jones" <wjones98@hotmail.com> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Austin, Renee" <RAUSTIN@co.napa.ca.us> To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: science fiction bibliog for gr. 3-6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:45:31 CST I am about to take on a job developing a good science fiction collection for our library, grades 3 - 6. Anybody have a bibliography or list of great titles that they would share? Please answer direct. Thank you. Renee Austin Children's Librarian Napa City-County Library ------------------------------ From: "Stacie Barron" <sbarron@pelican.state.lib.la.us> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Subject: Looking for a Teen Author. Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:45:47 CST I'm looking for the name of an author that is about 17 years old, male, and writing fantasy type books similar to the Lord of the Rings. For the life of me I can't find the name of this guy. A patron is looking for novels written by him. So any help is greatly appreciated. tia. Stacie Barron Youth Services Librarian Livingston Parish Library P.O. Drawer 397 Livingston, LA 70754 ------------------------------ From: N Korsavidis <nkorsavidis@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Re: Subject : sf and fantasy MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:46:03 CST We do the same thing and also order our genre labels from Demco. We also have another local company that creates our special labels (such as Older Reader and Teacher's Center) We won't put a label on the book unless it gives the genre designation in the CIP. Better to leave it blank than to have it wrong. Natalie ===== Natalie Korsavidis Youth Services Librarian Farmingdale Public Library ------------------------------ From: "Brenda Evans" <evans@madison-jeffco.lib.in.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: SAM _ What is it? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:46:16 CST Hi, I've been reading with interest about the SAM program. What is it? Where can I find more information about this program? Is there a Website for it? Brenda Evans, Children's Librarian Madison-Jefferson County Public Library 420 West Main Street Madison, IN 47250 (812) 265-2744 evans@madison-jeffco.lib.in.us ------------------------------ From: Heather Ujhazy <heatherlynnu@yahoo.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Books for teen book discussion group MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:46:30 CST Greetings All~ I plan to start a teen book club in March and am looking for some suggestions / discussion guides for books you have used in the past for teen discussion groups. I am planning on choosing three to four book titles and then letting my teen group pick the one book they would like to read. Any suggestions of book titles, book discussion guides and how you have successfully conducted a teen book group would be greatly appreciated. Please email me at heatherlynnu@yahoo.com and I will compile the responses. Thanks for your time in advance and I hope you all have a wonderful New Year's! Sincerely, Heather Ujhazy North Canton Public Library Teen / Reference Librarian ------------------------------ From: Jaclyn Malach <jaclynmalach@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: software recomendations? Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:46:43 CST Hello All! At our library we have three great computers that are very under utilized. Right now the software we have is geared towards young children (e.g. reading with Arthur) and educational games for ages 3-7. I really need to purchase some software for older children/adolescents. They want some educational element to it, but even something such as building things/robots, Star Wars,etc is fine (hey that's engineering!) Just no blood and guts :) Ideas please!! Thank You! Jaclyn Malach Children's Librarian (for two days now! ) Rowlett Public Library ------------------------------ From: "Susan Dailey" <obldailey@wellscolibrary.org> To: "PUBYAC listserv" <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Mock Caldecott results MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:46:59 CST Dear Yackers, Has anyone attended a Mock Caldecott already? I like to compile results from other workshops to share at ours. At this point I have the results from Johnson County Library in Kansas City; CCBC in Wisconsin; Cantoon, CT; Bluffton, OH; Lakeshores & Kenosha Library Systems also in Wisconsin. If you've attended a workshop others than those, please share your results. Also if yours is still upcoming--ours are Jan. 8 & 9th--please post your results to the list. Another request, Publisher's Weekly usually has an article where bookstore owners (I think) pick their favorite books and predict the winner. (I think they call them the Cubbies, Pubbies???) If I remember correctly, they name their favorite picture book and also the one they think is most likely to win. Unfortunately, my library no longer subscribe to PW (and their website is only free to those who subscribe to the magazine). If anyone has the PW with this article at their fingertips, I appreciate knowing what they think. Thanks, Susan Dailey, Librarian, speaker and author of A Storytime Year www.susanmdailey.com Ossian Branch Library, Ossian, IN 46777 obldailey@wellscolibrary.org ------------------------------ From: "Sheilah O'Connor" <soconnor@tpl.toronto.on.ca> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Dragons and programming Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:47:19 CST Greetings all. This coming year our Summer Reading Programme has Dragons as our central = theme. It is so specific that I am having a hard time coming up with a = wide variety of programmes for this. We are doing world wide dragons, so = that offers some leeway but still.... Any ideas you can send on? We have lots of book titles but feel free to = send more on if they tie in with programming. Many thanks in advance. Sheilah O'Connor Toronto Public Library \\_ _// ( @ @ ) ---oOOo-(_)-oOOo---------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ From: "Heather Stout" <hstout.lew@valnet.org> To: <cyndecat@yahoo.com>, Subject: Re: Generating interest in rural communities Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:47:32 CST We have discovered that for our community, noon programs work far better with adults than evening programs. We do have a large "retirement" community and they prefer not to drive at night, plus we do get cold and icy during the winter months. The noon time also is a great "brown bag" opportunity for our working adults. Hope this helps! Heather Heather Stout Community/Youth Services Librarian Lewiston City Library 428 Thain Road Lewiston, ID 83501 (208)743-6519 hstout.lew@valnet.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cynde Suite" <cyndecat@yahoo.com> To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 9:28 PM Subject: Generating interest in rural communities > As branch manager of a small rural library I am searching for ideas > that > will actually draw people out of their woodwork and get them to come > out > to the library. We have tried book chats on the one night we are open > late > in several different genres. In 7 months we had one person show up one > time "to meet other people" NOT to chat with the librarian. > It is embarassing to have a program planned and have no one show up. It > is > mostly the adults we have problems with, they will bring the children > out > to most children's programs. > So..., (particularly those of you in small rural communities and others > are welcomed) what works to draw a rural community in? What type of > programming? What type of publicity (and where do you put it?) What > times > and/or days of the week work best for you? > ------------------------------ From: "Wanda Jones" <wjones98@hotmail.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: PUBYAC: A Freudian interpretation of the Cat in the Hat... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:47:50 CST Happy New Year to every one, Please don't ask me where I got this. I was making more room in my account by emptying my folders when I came across this. Enjoy or fireback!*********************************** Freud on Seuss Author: Joshua LeBeau The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss, 61 pages. Beginner Books, $3.95 The Cat in the Hat is a hard-hitting novel of prose and poetry in which the author re-examines the dynamic rhyming schemes and bold imagery of some of his earlier works, most notably Green Eggs and Ham, If I Ran the Zoo, and Why Can't I Shower With Mommy? In this novel, Theodore Geisel, writing under the pseudonym Dr. Seuss, pays homage to the great Dr. Sigmund Freud in a nightmarish fantasy of a renegade feline helping two young children understand their own frustrated sexuality. The story opens with two youngsters, a brother and a sister, abandoned by their mother, staring mournfully through the window of their single-family dwelling. In the foreground, a large tree/phallic symbol dances wildly in the wind, taunting the children and encouraging them to succumb to the sexual yearnings they undoubtedly feel for each other. Even to the most unlearned reader, the blatant references to the incestuous relationship the two share set the tone for Seuss' probing examination of the satisfaction of primitive needs. The Cat proceeds to charm the wary youths into engaging in what he so innocently refers to as "tricks." At this point, the fish, an obvious Christ figure who represents the prevailing Christian morality, attempts to warn the children, and thus, in effect, warns all of humanity of the dangers associated with the unleashing of the primal urges. In response to this, the cat proceeds to balance the aquatic naysayer on the end of his umbrella, essentially saying, "Down with morality; down with God!" After poohpoohing the righteous rantings of the waterlogged Christ figure, the Cat begins to juggle several icons of Western culture, most notably two books, representing the Old and New Testaments, and a saucer of lactal fluid, an ironic reference to maternal loss the two children experienced when their mother abandoned them "for the afternoon." Our heroic Id adds to this bold gesture a rake and a toy man, and thus completes the Oedipal triangle. Later in the novel, Seuss introduces the proverbial Pandora's box, a large red crate out of which the Id releases Thing One, or Freud's concept of Ego, the division of the psyche that serves as the conscious mediator between the person and reality, and Thing Two, the Superego which functions to reward and punish through a system of moral attitudes, conscience, and guilt. Referring to this box, the Cat says, "Now look at this trick. Take a look!" In this, Dr. Seuss uses the children as a brilliant metaphor for the reader, and asks the reader to re-examine his own inner self. The children, unable to control the Id, Ego, and Superego allow these creatures to run free and mess up the house, or more symbolically, control their lives. This rampage continues until the fish, or Christ symbol, warns that the mother is returning to reinstate the Oedipal triangle that existed before her abandonment of the children. At this point, Seuss introduces a many-armed cleaning device which represents the psychoanalytic couch, which proceeds to put the two youngsters' lives back in order. With powerful simplicity, clarity, and drama, Seuss reduces Freud's concepts on the dynamics of the human psyche to an easily understood gesture. Mr. Seuss' poetry and choice of words is equally impressive and serves as a splendid counterpart to his bold symbolism. In all, his writing style is quick and fluid, making The Cat in the Hat impossible to put down. While this novel is 61 pages in length, and one can read it in five minutes or less, it is not until after multiple readings that the genius of this modern day master becomes apparent. © Copyright 1989, Joshua LeBeau and the Koala Newspaper ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Return to the Dr. Seuss parody page or back to The Dr. Seuss Web Page. Page maintained by David Bedno (drseuss@seuss.org). ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 1300 ************************* |